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Pokémon Dollar (Japanese: ポケドルPokédollar) is the main currency used in all known regions of the Pokémon world. Its symbol is , a P with a double strikethrough, similar to the ¥ symbol used for Japanese yen or the € symbol used for euro, with the P symbol referring to Pokémon.

The Pokémon Dollar and its symbol were both created for the English translation of the games. In the original Japanese versions (except for Colosseum and XD), the currency used is yen and the symbol used is 円, the kanji for yen. As such, the Pokémon Dollar is based on yen.

Also, much like the yen, the cost of simple items runs in the hundreds—indeed, most items have prices that are multiples of 100 or 1000.

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Acquisition

Pokémon Dollars are acquired primarily by defeating Pokémon Trainers in battle, or by selling items at a Poké Mart. Pokémon Dollars can also be acquired by using the move Pay Day in battle, at the rate of either 2 or 5 times the level of the Pokémon using it, depending on the generation. Pokémon Black and White introduce the concept of item maniacs. Item maniacs are NPCs who will pay large sums of money for certain items, most of which have no other use but to be sold to these people.

Alternate names

Other names that fans have come up with for the monetary note over the years have been "Pokédollars" (which would later become its Japanese name), "Credits", "PokéMoney", "Pocket Money", "Zenny", "PokéYen", "Pen" or "Pyen". Most fans simply refer to them as "dollars". However, according to Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, the official name for them is Pokémon Dollars.

In the anime

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Pokémon Dollars are not used or seen in the Pokémon anime, whether the original or the English dub, although money has been mentioned throughout the anime and the yen symbol (changed to a dollar symbol in the dub) appears on a restaurant bill in Showdown in Pewter City.

Trivia

The symbol for resembles an unofficial but often-used symbol for the Russian ruble currency—the Cyrillic letter Р with a horizontal stroke and an extended curved line. It can also be seen to resemble one way of writing the symbol for Philippine peso, the official currency of the Philippines.